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  • Global Reports

    COVID-19 and Informal Work in 11 Cities – Executive Summary

    The longitudinal multi-city study of the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on informal workers finds that earnings are still far below their...

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  • WIEGO Publication Series

    COVID-19 and Informal Work in 11 Cities: Recovery Pathways Amidst Continued Crisis

    This Working Paper reflects the findings from the longitudinal study of nearly 2,000 informal workers in 11 cities around the world. Surveys...

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  • Policy/Position Documents

    110-я сессия ILC/МКТ – Глобальный документ с изложением позиции организаций работников неформальной экономики (длинная версия)

    Международные сети организаций работников неформальной экономики и WIEGO приветствуют доклад МОТ о достойном труде и экономике социальной...

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  • Policy/Position Documents

    Global Position Paper from Organizations of Workers in the Informal Economy on Decent Work and the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE), prepared for the 110th Session of the International Labour Conference (Long Version)

    International networks of workers in the informal economy1 and WIEGO welcome the ILO report on decent work and the social and solidarity...

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  • Policy/Position Documents

    110 -я сессия МКТ – Глобальный документ с изложением позиции организаций работников неформальной экономики

    Международные сети организаций работников неформальной экономики1 и WIEGO приветствуют доклад МОТ о достойном труде и экономике социальной...

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  • Policy/Position Documents

    Global Position Paper from Workers’ Organizations in the Informal Economy on Decent Work and the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE), Prepared for the 110th Session of the International Labour Conference

    International networks of workers in the informal economy and WIEGO welcome the ILO report on decent work and the social and solidarity economy...

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  • Stories/Case Studies

    Weaving Webs of Knowledge, Action and Affection

    This e-book compiles photos, learnings and reflections gathered by WIEGO’s Rhonda Douglas based on her research gathered in 2020 and 2021...

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  • Stories/Case Studies

    Tecendo Redes de Conhecimento, Ação e Afeto

    Essa publicação digital toma como ponto de partida a história de impacto escrita por Rhonda Douglas, da WIEGO, com base nas informações coletadas...

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  • Malika, one of Dakar’s 19 communes d’arrondissement (administrative divisions), on 10 December 2021. Post

    Waste Pickers Organize Into a Cooperative: Will Senegal Include Them in its Waste Management Plan?

    Waste pickers at the Mbeubeuss dumpsite have set up their own cooperative in an effort to be integrated into the new waste management model...

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  • Waste pickers outside the Bhalswa landfill in Delhi Post
    COVID-19 Crisis Study April 26, 2022

    The Pandemic is Not Over

    The rhetoric of an easing COVID-19 pandemic obscures the array of occupational health and safety risks that the world’s informal workers...

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